Baku, Azerbaijan, July 15
Trend:
Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano called an emergency meeting of the national anti-terrorism committee on July 15 morning in the wake of Thursday night's terror attack in the southern French city of Nice, The Local Italy reported July 15.
The minister said Italy will be stepping up its controls at the French border following the attack.
Alfano said at a meeting of the national security and public order committee that the country “must maintain a high level of alert and strengthen security measures across the entire national territory, especially at vulnerable targets.”
French city of Nice was hit by a terrorist attack on July 14 night.
Reports indicate that a truck plowed into crowds watching a fireworks display on France's Bastille Day national holiday on the Nice seafront.
France’s Interior Ministry said 84 people were killed in the attack.